Guild Wars 2

UPDATE (as of June 8th, 2013): Anet does update server populations. As of today, some server population statuses were reduced to medium, high, and very high (no more full servers for T1 WvW). This will most likely not be the case for long, but the reduced transfer cost is very much appreciated. Thank you, Anet!

A few months ago, Anet allowed players to transfer to medium servers for free. I took advantage of that – wonderful update in retrospect. I moved from SBI to HoD within hours of the update and enjoyed some less laggy WvW there. However, due to WvW struggles, I paid for some gems to transfer over to EU (Dzagonur [DE]) to get World Completion. I do not regret that decision at all. I know enough German to get around here WvW or PvE, but after getting World Completion – which was a mostly solo activity as I played as a thief – the regional time difference made it so that WvW, LA, pretty much anywhere is often empty when I log on in the evening.

I have currently saved up enough gems to transfer for a medium population server, but only enough to make a medium transfer. The only medium pop. servers are in EU, which doesn’t suit my needs. I would like to go back to NA servers, particularly HoD.

I would not bother paying if I could simply guest on NA servers, but Anet has already said that this is a technical issue that they won’t bother with and that’s understandable to me.

tl;dr: Will NA server populations ever be “readjusted” so that not every server’s population is “very high”?

Thanks for reading, looking forward to some insight.

No one can answer this question..probably not even Anet. At this moment, the answer is probably not…but you’re asking the question ever. Suppose the game’s population dramatically swings one way or another? Anet will likely, at that point, have to do something about it.

Ever is simply not a fair question. I suspect you’re okay for a period of time, probably a good period of time..but that’s as far as anyone would be able to tell you.

If you have saved up enough gems for a medium-population server transfer, maybe you can save up enough for a high-population server transfer while you wait. It would be great to have you back on HoD; I’ve been here since Day -3, never set foot elsewhere, and enjoy it very much. =)

Thanks for your responses guys. 500 gems cost me quite a fortune (relatively) and 1000 more will cost a lot, but I guess it’s worth it if I can play in the evenings again!